atk.EditableText the ATK interface implemented by components containing user-editable text content. atk.EditableText gobject.GInterface set_run_attributes attrib_set start_offset end_offset set_text_contents string insert_text string length position copy_text start_pos end_pos cut_text start_pos end_pos delete_text start_pos end_pos paste_text position atk.EditableText should be implemented by UI components which contain text which the user can edit, via the atk.Object corresponding to that component (see atk.Object). atk.EditableText is a subclass of atk.Text, and as such, an object which implements atk.EditableText is by definition an atk.Text implementor as well. set_run_attributes attrib_set start_offset end_offset attrib_set : a sequence of 2-tuples containing name-value string pairs. start_offset : start of range in which to set attributes end_offset : end of range in which to set attributes Returns : True if attributes were successfully set for the specified range, otherwise False Sets the attributes for a specified range. See the (such as atk.TEXT_ATTR_LEFT_MARGIN) for examples of attributes that can be set. Note that other attributes that do not have corresponding may also be set for certain text widgets. set_text_contents string string : string to set for text contents of the text Set text contents of the text. insert_text string length position string : the text to insert length : the length of text to insert, in bytes position : the position at which to insert the text Returns : the position after the newly inserted text. Insert text at a given position. copy_text start_pos end_pos start_pos : start position end_pos : end position Copy text from start_pos up to, but not including end_pos to the clipboard. cut_text start_pos end_pos start_pos : start position end_pos : end position Copy text from start_pos up to, but not including end_pos to the clipboard and then delete from the widget. delete_text start_pos end_pos start_pos : start position end_pos : end position Delete text start_pos up to, but not including end_pos. paste_text position position : position to paste Paste text from clipboard to the specified position.